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Everyones business

IN the wake of the global financial crisis and the exposes of many corporate frauds in recent times, there is a renewed interest in the practice of et
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Measure of success

Beyond Degrees, edited by Ira Pande, is a rich collection of essays on the status of higher education in India. With contributions from leading intell
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Bank on them

Building local capacities of the poor and marginalised must be recognised as an essential part of social entrepreneurship.
JOHN M. ALEXANDER

Bank on them

Building local capacities of the poor and marginalised must be recognised as an essential part of social entrepreneurship.
JOHN M. ALEXANDER
A differently abled boy waiting for medical check-up at the Revenue Divisional Office in Tirupur in Tamil Nadu.-M. BALAJI

Deserving dignity

Justice for the disabled demands fulfilment of their rights to inclusive education, employment and social participation.
JOHN M. ALEXANDER AND JANE BUCKINGHAM

More than profits

These books do not convincingly explain how a companys social responsibilities can be made to merge with its financial performance.
JOHN M. ALEXANDER

Growth through social justice

The alliance between human development and human rights would augur well for the poor.
JOHN M. ALEXANDER

Renewing identity

The author makes a careful analysis of the ways in which Dalits aspire to rebuild their identity.
JOHN M. ALEXANDER
A Dutch fishing boat at sea in the English Channel. Capitalism leads to the overexploitation of the world's natural wealth - overfishing of the seas, destruction of forests and so on.-MARCEL MOCHET/AFP

Capitalism recycled

Globalisation adds urgency to the debate whether market economy is better than a completely planned economy.
JOHN M. ALEXANDER,TOON VANDEVELDE

The promise of reason

Speech serves to indicate not only what is useful and what is harmful, but also what is just and what is unjust.
JOHN M. ALEXANDER

The Sen difference

Nobel Laureate Amartya Sen's economic and philosophical insights are now making a breakthrough across the world to influence governments, internationa
JOHN M. ALEXANDER in Louvain, Belgium, Cambridge, England and Pavia, Italy

Measuring human development

THE much-awaited Human Development Report (HDR) published annually since 1990 by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) was the brainchild of
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